Menopause the Natural Way

by Deborah Gordon, M Siple

Make menopause a change for the better!
Are you entering menopause? Would you like to be prepared for it when it arrives? Whether the change of life is upon you or years away, now is the best time to find out all you can about this natural life process. The more you know, the better you can take care of yourself. And the healthier you are, the easier your menopause is likely to be.
Written by two authorities in complementary medicine and women's health issues, Menopause the Natural Way is a compassionate guide that combines mainstream and alternative medical approaches into a simple, six-step program that helps you create a healthy and empowering passage through menopause. You'll learn about:
* Using a journal as a valuable tool for managing your menopause
* Nutrition and menopause-foods and vitamins for your body's changing needs
* Using herbs to balance your body and to treat and reverse symptoms
* Pleasurable exercises proven to reduce menopause symptoms and promote health-from yoga and tai chi to aerobic and weight-bearing routines
* Managing stress known to trigger menopause symptoms
* Rebalancing your hormones through natural and medical hormone therapy Uniquely created from a woman's perspective, Menopause the Natural Way offers you a supportive, natural, noninvasive way to manage your menopause while feeling great.

252 pages, ebook

First published July 5, 2001

About the author

A chemical engineer by training, Deborah Gordon’s research focuses on oil and gas and climate change issues, both in North America and globally. Gordon is a Senior Principal at RMI and serves as a Senior Fellow at the Watson Institute for International & Public Affairs at Brown University. She previously served as the Director of the Energy and Climate Program and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where she launched the Oil Climate Index. Gordon holds a B.S. in chemical engineering and an MPP in public policy. She has worked in the private, public, academic, and non-profit sectors for Chevron, Union of Concerned Scientists, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Yale School of the Environment. She managed her own energy policy consulting practice for over a decade. In addition to No Standard Oil, Gordon has authored two previous books, Two Billion Cars (Oxford University Press, 2008; co-authored with Daniel Sperling) and Steering a New Course (Island Press, 1991).